In November 2009, John Edward Jones, a 26-year-old medical student and father of one, died in circumstances so extreme that they continue to haunt the caving community more than a decade later. Jones had a deep interest in exploring narrow cave systems and often spent his free time doing so. That November, he joined his brother, Josh, along with several friends for a trip to Utah’s Nutty Putty Cave, a popular but notoriously tight cave network. During the exploration, Jones took a wrong turn and entered an unmapped passageway that measured roughly 10 inches high and 18 inches wide. The...
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